1. وقائل ما بال آل الهدى

    في كربلا قتلى لآل الطليق

    And a speaker, what of the people of guidance

    In Karbala, slain, of the people released

  2. من الذي اسس في ظلمهم

    وقتلهم هذا البناء الوثيق

    Who founded in their oppression

    And killed them, this sturdy structure

  3. ومن ترى قد غصب المرتضى

    حقاً به كان جديراً حقيق

    And who do you see has usurped the Chosen One

    A right with which he was truly deserving

  4. قلت له هذا حديث مضى

    لكن مضاء المشرفي الذليق

    I said to him, this is a past discourse

    But the ignoble course of the honorable

  5. فخذ جديداً من رزاياهم

    ان الذي تسئل عنه عتيق

    So take something new of their misfortunes

    That which you ask about is antiquated